Cruising

This page shows all Cruising events, including the Wednesday night briefing session. Events will be available for registration when an organiser is known.

Sailing Event applications - All Members individually must apply to go on sailing events. This is done online when logged in by using the Register button shown on the particular event page. There is a general cut-off date for applications of 7 days before sailing events (some may be longer). After that date you can contact the event organiser who may still be able to fit you in.

Applications are made as either as a Skipper or a Crew member. Skippers may include non-members as Guests on their applications. An email will be sent confirming the application to both the member and the event organiser.

Upcoming events

    • 27/03/2024
    • 21:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Newtown Creek Cruise

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: Nick harman
    • 30/03/2024
    • 01/04/2024
    • On the water
    Registration is closed

    Newtown Creek Cruise

    Sat Mar 30 - Apr 1st HW 1420(GMT) 4.3

    “ A quiet backwater with a busy medieval past, now bursting with wildlife and a town hall with no town…..”

    Join us for the first season cruise to Newtown Creek, a large natural inland harbour located on the Isle of Wight’s north western coast and then on Sunday head east to Bembridge for a good stretch of the legs, resulting in a lazy start home on Monday. Sounds perfect

    Saturday 30th March Portmouth to Newtown Creek

    Yarmouth HW 1350(GMT) 2.8

    Depart Portsmouth @ 1100, tide against us for a little while and then we have the whole afternoon to enjoy a pleasant sail to Newtown River. Arrive before 1600

    Pick up a buoy and relax in the company of friends, taking in the peaceful surroundings of Newtown Creek. Dinner on board or at The New Inn, it’s only a pleasant dinghy ride down stream and a refreshing stroll to the bar.

    Sunday 31st March Newtown to Bembridge

    Yarmouth LW 0840(GMT) 1.0

    Bembridge HW 1620(GMT) 2.7

    Depart @ 10 after breakfast to catch the east going tide and arrive just before it turns. Brading Haven Yacht Club is the destination which offers visiting yachtsmen hot meals and generous bar hours.

    Monday 1st April

    Bembridge HW 1720(BST)  2.5

    Early or late start, it’s up to you. (Don't forget we lose an hour) Maybe an early start, clear the bar and drop the anchor in Priory Bay for a cooked breakfast or stay and take a stroll into the Bembridge. It is a bit of a walk, but worth every step.

    Hope you can join us for our first cruise in 2024. Gaius and myself have booked up the fine weather, just need you to accompany us.  

      
    Note:  On line registrations close Saturday night 2 weeks before the event.
    Organiser: Nick Harman

    • 17/04/2024
    • 20:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Try Sailing #1

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: Nick Harman
    • 20/04/2024
    • On the water
    Register

    Try Sailing for a Day

    Sat 20th HW1020(BST)4.0

    New to the club or just got time for a days sail.
    Enjoy cruising on the Solent and return to the home port. Excellent way of gaining experience and getting to know fellow members.      

        
    Note:  On line registrations close Saturday night 2 weeks before the event.
    Organiser: Nick Harman

    • 15/05/2024
    • 21:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Try Sailing #2

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: Nick Harman
    • 18/05/2024
    • On the water
    Register

    Try Sailing for a Day

    Sat 18th HW 0840(BST)3.7

    New to the club or just got time for a days sail.
    Enjoy cruising on the Solent and return to the home port. Excellent way of gaining experience and getting to know fellow members.      

        
    Note:  On line registrations close Saturday night 2 weeks before the event.
    Organiser: Nick Harman

    • 22/05/2024
    • 21:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Beaulieu Cruise and Beyond

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: TBA
    • 25/05/2024
    • 27/05/2024
    • On the water
    Register

    Beaulieu Cruise and Beyond

    Sat 25th HW1330(BST) 4.4

    “Monks, shipbuilding, warfare and tourism… the Beaulieu River takes you on a remarkable journey through history.”

    Come and join us in the Beaulieu River, undoubtedly the most beautiful harbour on the mainland side of the Solent. A perfect location for our journey west to Lymington for our final stay on Sunday night

    Saturday 25th May Portsmouth to Bucklers Hard

    Stansore Point (Beaulieu Entrance) HW 1300(BST) 3.8

    Leaving Portsmouth on a west going tide in plenty of time to clear the bar at the river entrance and heading down stream, a beautiful and tranquil spot, well-loved by yachtsmen and nature enthusiasts alike. Bring your own food, a BBQ might be on the cards.

    Sunday 26th May Beaulieu to Lymington

    Lymington HW 1540(BST) 2.9

    Newtown Creek HW 1320(BST) 2.9

    A lazy breakfast starts the day and when the lines are stored away, we can head over the bar by 1130 in time for the favourable tide to the west. Maybe a relaxing lunch at Newtown Creek, might be the order of the day. Lymington Yacht Haven will be our destination for the night and dinner in their bistro with a seriously good view from the outside tables upstairs, they also serve a respectable breakfast.

    Monday 27th May Lymington to the East

    We wake in time for the east tide to take us home or later if you want tp practice staying out of the main stream after it turns against you.

    Register as soon as possible so you don’t miss out on this popular cruise

      
        
    Note:  On line registrations close Saturday night 2 weeks before the event.
    Organiser: TBA

    • 19/06/2024
    • 21:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Try Sailing #3

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: Nick Harman
    • 22/06/2024
    • On the water
    Register

    Try Sailing for a Day

    Sat 22th HW 1250(BST) 4.4

    New to the club or just got time for a days sail.
    Enjoy cruising on the Solent and return to the home port. Excellent way of gaining experience and getting to know fellow members.      

        
    Note:  On line registrations close Saturday night 2 weeks before the event.
    Organiser: Nick Harman

    • 03/07/2024
    • 21:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Bastille Day Cruise

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: Patrick Regnault
    • 11/07/2024
    • 16/07/2024
    • On the water
    Register
    Bastille Day cruise

    Our annual foray into French waters.

    details to follow

        
        
    Note:  On line crew registrations close Saturday night 1 week before the event.
    Organiser: Patrick Regnault

    • 07/08/2024
    • 21:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Try Sailing #4

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: Nick Harman
    • 10/08/2024
    • On the water
    Register

    Try Sailing for a Day

    Sat 10th HW 1600(BST) 4.4

    New to the club or just got time for a days sail.
    Enjoy cruising on the Solent and return to the home port. Excellent way of gaining experience and getting to know fellow members.      

        
    Note:  On line registrations close Saturday night 2 weeks before the event.
    Organiser: Nick Harman

    • 14/08/2024
    • 21:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Going West Cruise

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: Gaius Hiscox
    • 23/08/2024
    • 26/08/2024
    • On the water
    Register

    Going West Cruise

    Description:  Poole harbour will be calling us and followed by a night sail to Weymouth. Spending a relaxing day exploring this historic town on Saturday and preparing for a pleasant sail back to Yarmouth the following day, up into the Solent, back home on Monday.

    Note:  On line registrations close Saturday night 2 weeks before the event.
    Organiser: TBA

    • 04/12/2024
    • 21:00
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
    Briefing for Just the Icicle Cruise

    A must for all crew and skippers going on the event

    Organiser: TBA
    • 07/12/2024
    • 10:00
    • 08/12/2024
    • 15:00
    • On the water
    Register

    Just the Icicle cruise

    Wrap up warm and put your woolly socks on and join us again for this popular cruise. Last of the 2024 sailing events. Cowes will be the destination.



    Note: On line registration close Saturday night 2 weeks before the event.

    Organiser: TBA

Past events

21/02/2024 Catch the Tide
09/12/2023 Just the Icicle cruise
06/12/2023 Just The Icicle Cruise Briefing
16/09/2023 The Regatta is Back - Races #8-11
19/08/2023 CANCELLED DUE TO BOAT AVAILABILITY ISSUES West Country Cruise
10/07/2023 Bastille Day cruise
05/07/2023 Briefing for Bastille Cruise
24/06/2023 Navigators Race #5
10/06/2023 Passage Race #4 to Itchenor - (was Littlehampton)
27/05/2023 Spring Bank Holiday cruise to the WEST of Beaulieu
24/05/2023 Briefing for Spring Bank Holiday Cruise to Lymington
20/05/2023 Passage Race #2,3 to Lymington and back.
17/05/2023 Briefing for Passage Races #2&3 to Lymington
29/04/2023 Bank Holiday Cruise to Beaulieu not Northney
26/04/2023 Briefing for Beaulieu- not Northney Cruise
15/04/2023 Long Race #1 o'night Bembridge
15/02/2023 Catch the Tide
22/10/2022 Cruise to Poole
08/10/2022 Yarmouth Passage Race#13 , Cruising Option
24/09/2022 Race #12, Cruise to East Cowes
10/09/2022 2 Handed Race #11, Port Hamble Cruise
26/08/2022 Cherbourg Cruise
23/07/2022 Folly Inn Races #9&10, Crusing Option
09/07/2022 Bastille Cruise , Cross Channel Race #8
11/06/2022 "Lets Cruise" -Formerly Southampton Cruise
29/04/2022 Bank Holiday Cruise- Destination Alderney
09/04/2022 Long Race #1
26/03/2022 West Cowes Cruise- 2022 Season Opener
05/02/2022 CANCELLED _The not the Icicle Chinese New Year Cruise
09/10/2021 Folly Rally (formerly Southsea Marina)
06/10/2021 Briefing for Medina Folly formerly Southsea Marina Rally
04/09/2021 Ocean Village -Passage Races 11 & 12, Rally Weekend
28/08/2021 Cherbourg Rally -CANCELLED
21/08/2021 Port Hamble Rally- CANCELLED
07/08/2021 A summer rally to Lymington
04/08/2021 Briefing for "A summer rally to Lymington"
10/07/2021 Scarlet Pimpernel Cruise
07/07/2021 Briefing for Scarlet Pimpernel Cruise
26/06/2021 Passage Races (8&9)/Rally - Poole
29/05/2021 Let's go to Bembridge
26/05/2021 Briefing for "Let's go to Bembridge"
02/04/2021 Cruising to Chichester Marina
01/01/2021 Briefing for "Go east and Sail to Sparkes marina"
01/01/2021 Briefing for "My dreams are all follies" - What?
01/01/2021 "My dreams are all follies" - What?
01/01/2021 A little weekend trip across to West Cowes Yacht Haven
01/01/2021 Go east and Sail to Sparkes marina
15/08/2020 Heading for Osbourne Bay- Al Fresco lunch at Anchor
08/08/2020 Heading for Chichester- Al Fresco lunch at Anchor
28/05/2020 Weymouth Folk Festival
27/05/2020 Briefing for Weymouth Folk Festival
08/05/2020 Early May Bank Holiday Cruise
06/05/2020 Briefing for Early May Bank Holiday Cruise
10/04/2020 Easter Cruise
08/04/2020 Briefing for Easter Cruise
28/03/2020 Frostbite Rally
25/03/2020 Briefing for Frostbite Rally
26/02/2020 Catch the Tide
07/12/2019 Icicle Cruise
28/09/2019 Yarmouth Rally/ Race (#14&15)- Changed to Lymington
25/09/2019 Briefing for Yarmouth Race (#14&15)/Rally Changed to Lymington
24/05/2019 WhitSunday Cruise
22/05/2019 Briefing for Whitsunday Cruise
27/04/2019 Navigators Race(#3)/Rally
24/04/2019 Briefing for Navigators Race (#3)/Rally
30/03/2019 Frostbite Rally
06/03/2019 Catch the Tide
01/12/2018 Icicle Cruise and all that Jazzzz
28/11/2018 Briefing for Icicle Cruise
28/07/2018 Yarmouth Race/Rally (Races11&12)
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